According to Karl Marx, the defining trait of the bourgeoisie is __________.A.more schoolingB.ownership of productive propertyC.greater numbersD.powerlessness

Which of the following demonstrates Karl Marx’s conviction that social inequality would continue to grow?Group of answer choices“No one knows who will live in this cage in the future, or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise, or there will be a great rebirth of ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance.”“The modern laborer . . . instead of rising with the process of industry, sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class. He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.”“A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, i.e., things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite in one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them.”“For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men.”

According to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the Communist Manifesto, which of these is a consequence of capitalism?Group of answer choicesConcentration of capital in class of property ownersImperialism and warUnemployment and impoverishmentAll of the above.

Sociologist Karl Marx believed that workers are exploited by capitalists, who maximize their profits by paying the workers less than the resale value of what they produce but do not own. Marx believed that this resulted in a feeling of powerlessness and estrangement from others and from oneself. He termed this feeling __________.Group of answer choicesstratificationanomiealienationverstehen

Marx's theory of capitalist modernity excels in its sharp assessment of capitalism's intrinsic contradictions. Central to Marx's analysis is the concept of surplus value, elucidated in "Capital Vol. 1," wherein capitalists extract surplus labor from workers to generate profit, perpetuating exploitation. This exploitation, rooted in the private ownership of the means of production and the commodification of labor, leads to alienation, as workers become estranged from the fruits of their labor and their own humanity.

According to Marxist theory, which of the following is the capitalist class that controls the means of production?a.bourgeoisieb.proletariatc.bourdieud.productive class